i really liked pope john paul ii. i feel like he had a great direction and realizing the church is a modern era and we're not where we were thousands of years ago. >> reporter: and that's pretty much the gist of the people that we talked to. they want to see a pope who is kind of similar to pope john paul ii. very popular. they say this is a great opportunity for the church to kind of see where it moves forward from here. not sure how many will attend the mass here. but several school kids from saint bridge's school nearby are attending mass about 50 of them. you can see the beautiful church here. a lot of people started to file in about ten minutes ago. if you can't attend the mass here, there's also a mass in san jose at st. joseph sea basilica out there in san jose. we're live in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:08. santa cruz police officers are going back to work today after mourn, the loss of two veteran -- mourning the loss of two veteran deaths. we're learning more on how the deadly enco